CNSNews.com - Rep. Boehner Rebuts House Speaker Pelosi’s Claim That Health Care Bill Doesn’t Fund Abortion: "(CNSNews.com) – House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) rebutted claims by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that there is no federal (taxpayer) funding of abortion in the health care bill.
Speaking to reporters at his weekly press briefing on Thursday, Boehner said the Senate's version of health care reform, unlike the one that passed in the House, provides for federal funding of abortion.
Boehner pointed out that, under the Senate bill, all Americans are required to pay a separate abortion premium of at least $1 a month. This mandatory premium amounted to a tax, Boehner said, because the federal government is forcing Americans to fund abortion, something it has never done before.
“Under the Senate bill, everyone who buys a health policy at one of the so-called exchanges will pay a monthly abortion fee,” Boehner pointed out. “That goes into a fund to pay for elective abortions. Now, you can argue that this $1-per-month fee that everyone's going to be charged isn't a tax, but you try to explain that to the American people.”"
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